休閑對話：大象糞便當國禮,很清香？

Bob: Hey, Tom,why are you looking at a piece of paper for hours?

嘿，湯姆，你干嘛對著一張紙發(fā)呆呢?

Tom: I read a piece of fantastic news yesterday, do you want to know what it said?

我昨天看到一則很奇妙的新聞，你想知道新聞說的是什么嗎?

Bob: Don’t keep others guessing, please say!

別賣關子了，快說。

Tom: It is about paper making, its raw material is elephant dung. Is it inconceivable?

是關于造紙的，原料是象糞。很不可思議吧。

Bob: Making paper from elephant dung? Oh, my god, it must be very stinking.

象糞造紙?天啊，那不是很臭。

Tom: No.Although 75% of its raw materials is elephant dung, it is light delicate fragrance instead of stink. This is due to its special fabrication technology.

不，盡管這種紙里75%的原料都是大象的糞便，但它不但不臭，反而有一種淡淡的清香，這是源于它的特殊的制造工藝。

Bob: Whose originality?

是誰這么有創(chuàng)意啊?

Tom: A business man in Sri Lanka.

一名斯里蘭卡商人。

Bob: I know there are many elephants in Sri Lanka, so he has the adequate raw materials.

我知道斯里蘭卡有很多大象，那他就有充足的原料了。

Tom: Yes, more intriguing is that many personages and political figures make their business cards by using this kind of paper.

是的，更有趣的是斯里蘭卡很多名人政要用象糞紙作自己的名片呢。